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How Toby Perkins votes

Toby Perkins voted the same way as their party in 100% of the votes where parties gave instructions. In 0 of those 217 votes, they went the other way.

What does this mean?

Parties tell their MPs how to vote. Most MPs usually follow that. A high score is normal and says nothing about whether an MP is good or bad. We only count votes where parties gave instructions, not free votes. Words explained

Recent votes

DateVoteThey votedCompared with party
11 SepEnd of life for terminally ill adults: the first main voteForFree vote
11 SepA vote to end a debateForFree vote
8 SepHealth: a proposed changeAgainstSame as party
8 SepHealth: a proposed changeAgainstSame as party
8 SepHealth: a proposed changeAgainstSame as party
8 SepHealth: a proposed changeAgainstSame as party

See every vote on Parliament’s site

Declared interests

MPs must publish certain paid work, gifts, donations and other interests. This is a record of what they declared, not a suggestion that anything is wrong.

Toby Perkins has 5 interests currently registered.

TypeWhat was registeredRegistered
Gifts, benefits and hospitality from UK sourcesLawn Tennis Association - £175.002 Aug 2026
Gifts, benefits and hospitality from UK sourcesAll England Lawn Tennis Club - £320.0031 Jul 2026
Gifts, benefits and hospitality from UK sourcesLawn Tennis Association - £350.0015 Jul 2026
Gifts, benefits and hospitality from UK sourcesLawn Tennis Association - £810.0030 Jun 2026
Gifts, benefits and hospitality from UK sourcesLawn Tennis Association - £300.0030 Jun 2026

Source: Register of Members’ Financial Interests · Parliament’s own page

Questions

MPs can ask ministers questions in writing. The questions show what an MP is working on, which votes cannot.

Toby Perkins asked 92 written questions in the last 12 months.

Who they asked

Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs30
Department of Health and Social Care14
Department for Energy Security and Net Zero11
Department for Transport8
Department for Work and Pensions8

Latest questions

28 Aug 2026 · to the Department of Health and Social Care
Answered 10 Sep 2026
28 Aug 2026 · to the Department of Health and Social Care
Answered 10 Sep 2026
28 Aug 2026 · to the Department of Health and Social Care
Answered 10 Sep 2026
14 Jul 2026 · to the Department for Energy Security and Net Zero
Answered 21 Jul 2026
14 Jul 2026 · to the Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs
Answered 20 Jul 2026

Source: Written Questions API · Updated 4 Oct 2026

Expenses

MPs claim back money for running an office and working in two places. An independent body, IPSA, publishes every claim. This is what was paid in 2025-26.

PAID IN 2025-26
£20,577
Office costs · claims for running an office£17,446
Accommodation · claims for somewhere to stay£3,131

72 claims. For comparison, across the 657 MPs in IPSA’s file the middle MP was paid £18,469 and the average was £19,699.

Costs depend on many things, such as where an MP’s area is, what premises and staff they need, and whether they joined or left part-way through the year. This page does not say whether any amount is right or wrong. It covers the claims in IPSA’s individual business costs file, so it is not the full cost of an MP’s office.

Source: IPSA, individual business costs data · About this data

Election result and area

Toby Perkins represents Chesterfield. Here is who won there at the last general election, and a few numbers about the area.

WINNER, 2024
Toby Perkins

Labour

MAJORITY
10,820

votes ahead of second place

TURNOUT
58%

of people who could vote did

Toby Perkins won with 46% of the votes, and Ben Flook (Conservative) came second with 20%.

Votes for each party

Labour46% · 19,316
Conservative20% · 8,496
Reform UK19% · 7,897
Green Party6% · 2,682
Liberal Democrat6% · 2,553
Chesterfield And North Derbyshire Independents (CANDI)1% · 363
Everyone else1% · 248
Every candidate
CandidatePartyVotesShare
Toby PerkinsLabour19,31646.5%
Ben FlookConservative8,49620.4%
Dan PriceReform UK7,89719.0%
David WadsworthGreen Party2,6826.5%
Ian BarfieldLiberal Democrat2,5536.1%
Kris StoneChesterfield And North Derbyshire Independents (CANDI)3630.9%
Julie LoweWorkers Party of Britain2480.6%

2024 General Election, on today’s boundaries. Source: House of Commons Library via the Members API.

Your area at a glance

Typical pay for full-time workers who live here
£717 a week
This areaUK: £767 a week

Median gross weekly pay, 2025. Source: ONS, Annual Survey of Hours and Earnings.

Working-age people claiming unemployment-related benefits
3.4%
This areaUK: 3.9%

Share of people aged 16 to 64, August 2026. Source: ONS and DWP claimant count.

At a general election each area elects one MP, and the candidate with the most votes wins, even without more than half. The area figures describe the people who live here. They do not show whether any MP or vote is the cause.

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Has this changed over time? 90%95%100%Oct 25Sep 26
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Source: Commons Votes API

This page states what the record shows. It does not say why an MP voted as they did. How we calculate this